With the music business in an especially volatile state right now, Marc Hogan puts the industry’s woes in perspective by breaking down how we’ve valued songs and albums over the course of more than a century—and learns that the economics of music can be more dark art than dismal science.

Combining scab-peeling punk with speak-shout vocals reminiscent of the Hold Steady, this band of townies from London, Ontario, ruthlessly skewers hypocrites, McSweeney's snobs, drunk assholes, and God, just to name a few. By Ian Cohen.